January 9, 2007 in Learn
Simple strategy for getting things done
I’ve been trying a new strategy and holy biscuits, am I getting a lot done. Every day, I grab about 10 things off my “This Week” list and put them on my “Today” list. Then (and this is the key)…
January 7, 2007 in Learn
Small Biz 101: Know your balance sheet
When your business is small, you should focus 100% on your cash flow. However, when you start to grow and cash isn’t as tight, it’s really important to get to know your balance sheet. For those who don’t know, a…
January 4, 2007 in Learn
How to win an argument
I used to hate the book How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. The whole concept sounded really selfish and almost a little “dirty”. Then my mom (who is the antithesis of selfish) mentioned that she had…
January 3, 2007 in Learn
DropSend on TechCrunch again
I was browsing TechCrunch today and was surprised to see an article about DropSend (one of our web apps) called “Anatomy of a Failed Merger“. It’s about my writeup of the failed DropSend-YouSendIt acquisition. As I said in the comments,…
January 2, 2007 in Learn
Goals and why they're vital to success
Happy new year everyone! Hope you had a wonderful holiday season. I’m a big believer in setting goals. If you don’t do this, there’s no way to measure if your life is heading in the direction you want it to…
December 19, 2006 in Learn
Happy Holidays!
Gill, Marty (our kitten) and I just wanted to wish you a happy holiday and a wonderful New Year!
December 19, 2006 in Learn
Create Cross Browser Vector Graphics
For years, web developers have asked the question, “How can I draw in the browser?”. This simple question has anything but a straightforward answer. While the image tag is great, CSS is amazing, and Flash gets the job done, it…
December 17, 2006 in Learn
Learning about new business models
We’re launching two new events, in addition to The Future of Web Apps: Future of Web Design (FOWD) Future of … (can’t tell you yet!) The Future of Web Design is in London and our other event is going to…
December 14, 2006 in Learn
DropSend acquisition talks fall through with YouSendIt
Here’s the latest on the DropSend sale … YouSendIt, one of the big buyers, has dropped out. Here’s the whole story. It started at Web 2.0 I received an email from Khalid Shaikh, one of the founders of YouSendIt, asking…
December 13, 2006 in Learn
Plan to grow
Sheesh kebab! We are reaping a whirlwind of pain for not having a proper dev environment setup for FOWA. Here’s the problem: when we launched the site, it was just Gill (my wife and co-Director of Carson Systems) and I…
December 11, 2006 in Learn
Points are better than priorities
I recently ran across Dave Seah’s Printable CEO and I love it. It gave me a great idea for my to-do list. Instead of prioritizing my to-dos for the day, I give them a point value of ten, five or…
December 10, 2006 in Learn
Testing Heaven
If you’re in the business of building or designing web sites and web apps, you need to be using my current setup. A brash thing to say? Not once you see it. New Parallels Beta changes everything I switched from…